-ee (?). [Formed on the F. p. p. ending
-é, masc.] A suffix used, chiefly in law terms, in
a passive signification, to indicate the direct or indirect object of an action,
or the one
to whom an act is done or on whom a right is conferred; as in assignee, donee, alienee, grantee, etc. It is correlative to -or, the agent or doer.
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